Senior Development Engineer

Senior Development Engineer (Job Specification)

Company Background

ALTER TECHNOLOGY TÜV NORD UK Ltd is part of world leading technical services provider, TUV NORD GROUP. TUV NORD GROUP employs over 10,000 staff in 150 companies and more than 70 countries worldwide, with revenues in excess of 1.1B€. The company has been active in the market for more than 140 years.

ALTER TECHNOLOGY TÜV NORD UK Ltd is a subsidiary of Alter Technology TUV NORD and is part of TUV NORD’s Digital and Semiconductor Business Unit and provides sub-contract semiconductor packaging and assembly services for a wide range of semiconductor and photonics devices.

Senior development engineer required to carry out the following major activities:

Role:

• Component package design
• Assembly process development 
• Hands-on process operations
• New product introduction

Skills: 

• Broad knowledge of assembly processes.
• Essential: wafer saw, epoxy and solder die attach, wirebond.
• Preferred: package sealing, encapsulation, surface mount.
• Basic understanding of materials (thermal expansion, thermal conductivity).
• Mechanical design using Solidworks or equivalent (preferably with thermal/stress modelling experience).
• Design for manufacturing. 
• Project management (including generating and maintaining project plans).
• FMEA, DOE
• An understanding of process engineering, yield improvement & SPC (preferred but not essential)

Qualifications/Education/Certifications:

• Engineering/Science degree (lower qualifications will be considered if backed up with more than 7 years relevant industrial experience).

Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years relevant industrial experience (semiconductor and/or optical component manufacturing). 

Functional Competencies:

• Knowledge and understanding of the techniques and equipment used in the assembly of semiconductor level micro and opto-electronic components.
• Ability to work across a wide range of industrial product technologies.
• Ability to continually maintain an overview of project schedules and to plan future resource requirements while discussing detail with the relevant individuals.
• Ability to work within cost, quality & time constraints to meet customer requirements.
• Ability to work under pressure, understand priorities and highlight resource gaps and likely project slippage in advance to allow recovery or commercial management.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to participate contribute and in some cases drive conference calls with key customers.

Benefits: 

• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Matched Pension Scheme: Up to 6% matched contributions
• Tech Scheme:
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Recruitment Reward Scheme
• Competitive Salary: With annual reviews
• 33 Days Holiday Per Year: Increases with service up to 36 days
• Company Sick Pay
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Flexible Working Options & Flexi Time
• Monthly Pizza Day – On Us!
• Free Tea & Coffee